Kinsella, Thomas (1928 May 04-2021 December 22)
Dates
- Existence: 1928 May 04 - 2021 December 22
Biographical note
Poet, translator, publisher, and Irish civil servant Thomas Kinsella was born in 1928 in Dublin. Kinsella initially worked in several posts in the Irish Civil Service and then was poet-in-residence at Southern Illinois University from 1965 to 1967. In 1967, he became a Professor of English at Temple University. Kinsella published more than 30 volumes of poetry, including Another September (1958), for which he won the Guinness Poetry Award. He also wrote critical works and translated four volumes of poetry from Gaelic, notably The Táin (1969), in collaboration with the artist Louis le Brocquy. Kinsella died in 2021.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John F. Deane papers
Personal and literary archives of Irish poet and editor John Deane from 1971-2000.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Thomas Kinsella
Correspondence and works by Irish poet Thomas Kinsella, relating to the publication of Selected Poems 1962-1989 (1989), Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute (1992), and "Glenmacnass," with illustrations by John Behan (2001).
Collection is open for research.